Jumia, HP Announce Scholarships For Nigerian Students

Jumia and Hewlett-Packard (HP) have announced that a total of 15 students will benefit from educational scholarships worth N3.7 million.

In a statement, Jumia said this is in addition to Jumia’s art contest for kids ages 4-15 who will be redesigning Jumia’s existing logo using physical drawing books. The selected drawings will be featured on Jumia website, and the kids will win thousands of prizes.

To qualify for the educational scholarship, interested students are expected to shop any HP products above N10,500 on Jumia App between August 13th and September 16th, 2018. Students below 18 years must obtain consents in writing from their parents or legal guardians before participating.

“Winners will be announced via Jumia’s Facebook live session and contacted ahead of school resumption. There will also be 1 scholarship to be won via the treasure hunt item during the campaign,” said Olamide Amosu, Head of Engagement Marketing for Jumia.

According to Jumia, the competition is part of its School Resumption campaign. The competition will also see the launch of an Art Contest aimed at bringing out the artistic instincts in kids within ages 4-15.

The participating kids are expected to recreate the existing Jumia logo, and the winning logo will be featured on Jumia.com.ng website for 24 hours. In addition, the winner will walk away with ₦90,000 worth of goody bags to be carted away respectively by the contest winner and the runner ups.

“The logo entries will be assessed on artistic merit and creativity,” Jumia stated

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